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GRANDMA GREEN SAYS: Exercise your right to vote
Regarding voting, or the lack thereof in Grant County, I read the Columbia Basin Herald’s edition of Aug. 20 to le…
GC Republican precinct caucuses coming
In November, we will elect the new president of the United States and you have the opportunity to choose the nominee. On Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, Republicans …
Letter: Time for new ideas in politics
Donald Trump has changed politics as we know it in our country. It seems to me that a new approach is necessary for this next election. It is time for fresh ideas. The status quo has had plenty of time to stabilize…
CBH Editorial: Fire impact fees cake is not baked
If a cake is not done, you put it back in the oven. If you bake it and bake it and the cake is still unpalatable, there might be something wrong with the recipe.
Letter: America deserves honest government
Today I’m writing to expose this unfair and unjust impeachment trial. The jurors have made it public knowledge that they have already made their verdict and not-guilty decision. These same jurors have made this not…
Levy must pass to get state funds
We would like to write in support of our vote on the upcoming EP&O Levy (Educational Programs and Operations) for the Othello School District.
Do not pick my pocket for preschool
There is no state mandate for preschool. Moses Lake School District preschool has 35 pupils. Moses Lake School District used to provide preschool at no charge for every eligible student in the school district. Mose…
Guest column: Forging new foundations for the future
Real World Academy leads Moses Lake School District
Letter: Impeachment
The Democrats of the House of Representatives are seeking to impeach President Trump. They must prove that he committed a high crime or misdemeanor. The phrase seems contradictory, but clearly the crime must be of …
Guest column: There is a better option than Real World Academy
For the last two years I have attended nearly all school board meetings. Like a majority of the community, I was deeply concerned about the change from the vot…
CBH Editorial: Rhetoric not helping on gun issues
The right to bear arms has been in the news a great deal this last week.
Letter: Helping the poor is the duty of people of faith
We can end homelessness, but don’t. Dr. King noted that our failure of will means we “cannot enter the kingdom of greatness.’”
Letter: Impeachment will make America great again
The impeachment of President Trump will be the best of Congress’ doing. It’s time to make America great again. Nobody is above the law.
Letter: The things that unite Americans
I’ve read a few letters to the editor concerning the question of what unites Americans. The most recent was from Robert D. Lyons, who criticized Duane Pitts for stating what Lyons sees as “Democratic Party talking …
Letter: Not everyone agrees on what’s best for America
Regarding the letter in the Herald by Duane Pitts: Mr. Pitts makes assumptions about what unites us apparently taken from the Democratic Party talking points.
Guest column:: Setting the record straight on Moses Lake’s new high school
In Mr. Jon Lane’s recent guest column “Voters approved a second high school, not academy,” there were some fundamental inaccuracies that need to be corrected. …